This measures carboxyhemoglobin, which is created when the carbon monoxide binds to red blood cells. Treatment involves administering oxygen—in some cases, with hyperbaric oxygen therapy—until ...

Carbon monoxide, often called the “silent killer,” has no taste, odor or color, yet prolonged inhalation of the invisible gas has been tied to the recent deaths of several American tourists ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Carbon monoxide, or CO, can kill in minutes because it reduces the ability for blood to carry oxygen, starving your heart, brain and body and causing ...

Authorities conducted a blood test for carbon monoxide and found a saturation level of 64% in Gardner's body, said Randall Zuniga, director of the Costa Rican Judicial Investigation Department.

Three American women who were discovered dead in a Belize resort hotel room last month died from carbon monoxide ... which forms in red blood cells tainted by carbon monoxide before shoving ...

Fire marshals and experts said the carbon monoxide poisoning of 10 people in a Brentwood multifamily home Thursday serves as a reminder to homeowners of the need to prevent and detect the toxic ...

The incident has prompted calls for improved safety measures in Costa Rica, where carbon monoxide detectors are not legally required. OIJ Director Randall Zúñiga reported a carboxyhemoglobin level of ...

Randall Zúñiga, director of the Judicial Investigation Agency, said they tested the 14-year-old Miller Gardner for carboxyhemoglobin, a compound generated when carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin in ...